1. A Comprehensive Guide to Different Fracturing Technologies: A Review
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Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi, Kamaluddeen Usman Danyaro, and Mohd Shahir Liew
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Control and Optimization ,Shale gas ,020209 energy ,Energy Engineering and Power Technology ,02 engineering and technology ,010501 environmental sciences ,01 natural sciences ,different hydraulic fracturing ,lcsh:Technology ,Hydraulic fracturing ,Natural gas ,shale gas extraction technologies ,natural gas extraction technologies ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Rock mass classification ,Engineering (miscellaneous) ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Petroleum engineering ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,lcsh:T ,Fossil fuel ,guide to different fracturing technologies ,Unconventional oil ,Environmental science ,Extraction methods ,business ,Energy (miscellaneous) - Abstract
Hydraulic fracturing has made the production of gas more economical. Shale gas possesses the potential to arise as a main natural gas source worldwide. It has been assessed that the top 42 countries, including the U.S., are predicted to own 7299 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of technically recoverable shale gas resources. The main goal of this paper is to serve as a guide of different shale gas extraction methods. The significance of these methods and possible pros and cons are determined. Each technique was explained with the support of literature review. Specifically, this paper revealed that some fracking methods such as pulsed arc electrohydraulic discharges (PAED), plasma stimulation and fracturing technology (PSF), thermal (cryogenic) fracturing, enhanced bacterial methanogenesis, and heating of rock mass are at the concept stage for conventional and other unconventional resources. Thus, these found to be significant for stimulating natural gas wells, which provides very good production results. This paper also discovered that fracking remains the recommended technique used by the oil and gas industries.
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- 2020